Rasberry pi 2, what do you do with yours?

The Last Bandit

Steve X2 wrote: »

Not seen that yet, you using a Pi3, overclocked?

Standard Pi3, ya if you go to the config via F12 and then modify something selecting 'reset' or 'resume' drops back to the console. Not really investigated it yet though so maybe I'm doing something stupid.

Steve X2

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Standard Pi3, ya if you go to the config via F12 and then modify something selecting 'reset' or 'resume' drops back to the console. Not really investigated it yet though so maybe I'm doing something stupid.

Well I've change settings a bit using the F12 menu and reset and resumed and it worked well so far. Even setup classic workbench without issue.
But then again, only messed with it for a couple hours last night.

Edit:
I did run a full OS and firmware update before doing anything on it.

readyletsgo

tony stark wrote: »

Hi. I bought a rasberry pi with all the games and kodi preinstalled. Im an absolute luddite when it comes to tech hence buying it ready to go. I bought it so I could play games from when i was a kid. But....its really pixelated for snes and megadrive games. Any way someone here could help me out? Is my tv too big? Id love to get this fixed in time for christmas to suprise the bro.WILLING TO PAY!!!

There are filters you can use, not simple if you're not sure what you're doing but there are guides on YouTube on how to, search for easy filter settings retropie or something like that. Sadly at the moment that's just the way retro games look on new big tvs. You could just pick up a CRT TV somewhere and the games will look pretty much the same as 20 odd years ago.

Sorry I can't be much more help.

CiDeRmAn

https://www.maketecheasier.com/emulate-crt-displays-with-retropie-shaders/

Hellrazer

Looking for a bit of help with my retropie.
Bought it with everything preinstalled and today was just playing some SNES games when the cat pulled out the power cable.
Anyways to cut a long story short I'm now stuck on a black screen with some stuff about
Raspian GNU/Linux 8 retropie tty2
Retropie login:

It doesn't boot any further than that.
Do I have to do a rebuild on the SD card or is there a simpler fix??

Thanks.

CiDeRmAn

Hellrazer wrote: »

Looking for a bit of help with my retropie.
Bought it with everything preinstalled and today was just playing some SNES games when the cat pulled out the power cable.
Anyways to cut a long story short I'm now stuck on a black screen with some stuff about
Raspian GNU/Linux 8 retropie tty2
Retropie login:

It doesn't boot any further than that.
Do I have to do a rebuild on the SD card or is there a simpler fix??

Thanks.

Try this link
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

Basically, login with the standard Raspberry Pi

Username:pi
Password:raspberry

(you won't be able to see the password as you type, so just take your time)

Then type

sudo reboot

this should reboot the system properly, and may restart properly, but you should be prepared to format and rewrite the SD card.
It's a good idea that, when you have a solid working setup, that you save an image of the card to storage, for times like this when it gets corrupted.

You could also try

sudo shutdown -h now

This will properly shut down the system and allow you to restart properly.

Hellrazer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Try this link
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

Basically, login with the standard Raspberry Pi
(you won't be able to see the password as you type, so just take your time)

Then type


this should reboot the system properly, and may restart properly, but you should be prepared to format and rewrite the SD card.
It's a good idea that, when you have a solid working setup, that you save an image of the card to storage, for times like this when it gets corrupted.

You could also try

This will properly shut down the system and allow you to restart properly.

Tried all that.
As its booting up I can see that it says some of the data is corrupt.
Looks like Im going to have to start again.
Next question is there any way to retrieve the roms from the sd card?
Card size shows up smaller in windows so the roms folder cant be seen.

CiDeRmAn

Can you log into it, over the wireless network, see the folder structure that way?
Use Filezilla or similar

Hellrazer

Ciderman--you are the man.
Was able to get into retro pie setup using this command from the link you sent me--thankfully I still had internet access on the Pi.

sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

Then I just went to manage packages--updated all packages and it now works again.


I owe you one.
-I ws not looking forward to rebuilding that card with over 4000 roms on it!!!

CiDeRmAn

Hellrazer wrote: »

Ciderman--you are the man.
Was able to get into retro pie setup using this command from the link you sent me--thankfully I still had internet access on the Pi.

sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

Then I just went to manage packages--updated all packages and it now works again.


I owe you one.
-I ws not looking forward to rebuilding that card with over 4000 roms on it!!!

Grand.
You can pay me back by not mentioning the word "r*m" on this forum again!
The ones you mention are, of course, all public domain, in their entirety and so I don't have to infract your ass!

Glad it works though.
Might make that image now and store it somewhere safe!

Hellrazer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Grand.
You can pay me back by not mentioning the word "r*m" on this forum again!

Apologies :o

The ones you mention are, of course, all public domain, in their entirety and so I don't have to infract your ass!

Yep all public domain..would never touch anything else.

um7y1h83ge06nx

My brother wants me to set one of these up for him as a Christmas present.

Have a big box of goodies for him - Pi in a nice handy case, micro SD card loaded and setup with Retropie, SD card adapter, HDMI cable, micro USB cable and plug, 2 USB cable extenders and 2 Logitech F310 USB controllers (decided to go USB rather than bluetooth to reduce support calls).

Great present I think. Looking forward to 2 player Mario Kart!

The Last Bandit

USB controller are the safest bet alright, but I just hooked up a SFC30 to my retropie and was surprised how simple the setup was.

Access

Been out of the loop for a while with retropie... meaning to do a build again soon...

Do i now hear you can clone a micro sd card with ease?

How does the whole extend partition and all that work with it?

tony stark

Ok. Got an old crt tv and hdmi to scart converter as my pi only has hdmi out. Plug it all in and only colured lines appear on the screen!?!?! Any body come up agains this before? After researching online it said to rewrite a config file. Not sure how to do this. Any suggestions? Thanks

KeRbDoG

tony stark wrote: »

Ok. Got an old crt tv and hdmi to scart converter as my pi only has hdmi out. Plug it all in and only colured lines appear on the screen!?!?! Any body come up agains this before? After researching online it said to rewrite a config file. Not sure how to do this. Any suggestions? Thanks

Is it a PiZero? If its a 'normal' Pi without a phono output, the composite is still there but its part of the 3.5mm jack - more info

Steve X2

If it is a PiZero, you can still get composite video out of it, if that's what you really want.

xabi

Where's best to pickup a Pi? I'm looking for a decent starter kit for the v3. Maplin have a kit but it's the v2.

Steve X2

xabi wrote: »

Where's best to pickup a Pi? I'm looking for a decent starter kit for the v3. Maplin have a kit but it's the v2.

I get most of my Pi stuff from Pimoroni. You might find it a Euro cheaper elsewhere, but they have always been good for me.

https://shop.pimoroni.com

https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-starter-kit

tony stark

Ok so it has the phono output beside the hdmi output. So would the video signal and audio come out of that phono output? Should I buy a phono lead that converts to the yellow red and white rca leads? Thanks

me_irl

xabi wrote: »

Where's best to pickup a Pi? I'm looking for a decent starter kit for the v3. Maplin have a kit but it's the v2.

Got mine off Amazon & The Pi Hut.

I've a pi2 running MotionEyesOS.

And a pi3 running retropie/kodi. Very handy that the 360/ps3 controllers are plug-and-play (well, I had to enable the ps3 driver in the retropie setup... but got the bluetooth working on it!)

CiDeRmAn

tony stark wrote: »

Ok so it has the phono output beside the hdmi output. So would the video signal and audio come out of that phono output? Should I buy a phono lead that converts to the yellow red and white rca leads? Thanks

You'll need a simple 3.5mm jack to stereo phono (male) connector, then you'll have the white, red and yellow composite connectors you need for a standard TV.

tony stark

Got the 3.5 jack to stereo phono with red white and yellow. Still nothing on the screen. Do I need to rewrite a config?

ShooterSF

tony stark wrote: »

Got the 3.5 jack to stereo phono with red white and yellow. Still nothing on the screen. Do I need to rewrite a config?

I had to swap the red and yellow so that red was my "video" and yellow was my "right audio" see here:
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/07/raspberry-pi-model-b-3-5mm-audiovideo-jack/

tony stark

Tried that just there. Still nothing. Head officially wrecked! That's two connections I've bought for it now. Hdmi to scart and phono to rca. Only straight hdmi to hdmi works! Willing to pay if anyone can sort this!!

Steve X2

It should auto detect the correct video output. But if it doesnt you'll need to configure the config.txt to force it.

I cant remember the config exactly, but if you do a quick google you'll find it. It's something like enabling sdtv_mode=2 for PAL video and disabling hdmi_force_hotplug mode.

tony stark

Got it sorted. Thanks everyone. Delighted!!!!!!!

Access

Been out of the loop for a while with retropie... meaning to do a build again soon...

Do i now hear you can clone a micro sd card with ease?

How does the whole extend partition and all that work with it?

Steve X2

Access wrote: »

Been out of the loop for a while with retropie... meaning to do a build again soon...

Do i now hear you can clone a micro sd card with ease?

How does the whole extend partition and all that work with it?

You could always clone a SD with ease since the first Raspberry Pi using the default Win32diskimager they use for writing the OS to SD/Micro SD. Just copy the SD to an image and write back as required. It's always worth doing when you make changes to a good working image so you can roll back to it if it goes pear shaped.

Access

Steve X2 wrote: »

You could always clone a SD with ease since the first Raspberry Pi using the default Win32diskimager they use for writing the OS to SD/Micro SD. Just copy the SD to an image and write back as required. It's always worth doing when you make changes to a good working image so you can roll back to it if it goes pear shaped.

Thanks for the info, didn't know that could be done as i've used Win32diskimager a good few times.

Are there any restrictions? can you clone a 8gb card to a new 64gb card and expand the partition using the pi, or is it a case of its an 8gb, so has to be a new 8gb?

super_furry

Trying to set one up as a gift for a mate. I have Retropie installed and copied over some GBA, NES and SNES ROMS but only 20 of the GBA roms showed up and none of them play. Will have to get stuck in and go investigating tonight.

gerrybbadd

super_furry wrote: »

Trying to set one up as a gift for a mate. I have Retropie installed and copied over some GBA, NES and SNES ROMS but only 20 of the GBA roms showed up and none of them play. Will have to get stuck in and go investigating tonight.

You need a BIOS for the GBA games.

This might help:

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/game-boy-advance

me_irl

super_furry wrote: »

Trying to set one up as a gift for a mate. I have Retropie installed and copied over some GBA, NES and SNES ROMS but only 20 of the GBA roms showed up and none of them play. Will have to get stuck in and go investigating tonight.

Also, when launching a game, I think you can configure / change the Emulator (going from memory a "press any key" window pops up).

Might help!

super_furry

Cheers. Yeah I went into the whole thing pretty blind and just followed a few guides to get Retropie installed in the first place. Having fun trying to work stuff out on it though.

gerrybbadd

I'm looking for a little advice now myself.

The SD card for retropie, when loading it onto the Pi, creates a partition. I think Partition 1 is 60MB.

I accidentally erased the contents of my SD card. The partition is there, and I have a backup of the retropie files.

Do I put these into the 60MB partition, or into the one with the remaining space left over?

me_irl

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I'm looking for a little advice now myself.

The SD card for retropie, when loading it onto the Pi, creates a partition. I think Partition 1 is 60MB.

I accidentally erased the contents of my SD card. The partition is there, and I have a backup of the retropie files.

Do I put these into the 60MB partition, or into the one with the remaining space left over?

Could be far easier starting from scratch with the backup image you have. As in format then write that to the sd and extend the partition in the RetroPie's settings.

gerrybbadd

me_irl wrote: »

Could be far easier starting from scratch with the backup image you have. As in format then write that to the sd and extend the partition in the RetroPie's settings.

I was thinking that alright. I might give it a go tonight. My computer has no SD card reader, and my laptop is running Ubuntu, so it might be a challenge to get it done!

me_irl

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I was thinking that alright. I might give it a go tonight. My computer has no SD card reader, and my laptop is running Ubuntu, so it might be a challenge to get it done!

Can you get an external reader or use your phone as one? (I've never tried this so I can't vouch for it working!)

Also, I think Debian builds have a built-in usb formatter / writer.

In the search box, type 'usb' or 'image' and there should be a program listed to do it. Failing that unetbootin will work too!

xabi

I installed OSMC with Kodi on my new Pi lastnight and was planning on putting retropi on aswell but ran out of time. Can I install Retropi on top of the OSMC build or is it better to use to start with Raspbian and add Kodi, retropi, etc.

Also, I have a NAS box on the network, can the Pi be set to boot from this?

DARK-KNIGHT

Buying a retro pi 3 and looking for advice please lads and ladies

What's the best general controller for it? Where's best place to buy?

Nintendo classic mini forced my hand no way will I pay a scumbag scalper three times the price for one when a pi will do all the mini will and a massive amount more

gctest50

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I was thinking that alright. I might give it a go tonight. My computer has no SD card reader, and my laptop is running Ubuntu, so it might be a challenge to get it done!

this maybe :

https://etcher.io/

or it will have dd

xabi

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Buying a retro pi 3 and looking for advice please lads and ladies

What's the best general controller for it? Where's best place to buy?

Nintendo classic mini forced my hand no way will I pay a scumbag scalper three times the price for one when a pi will do all the mini will and a massive amount more

Bought this, haven't had time to setup yet but the controllers are very good quality https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-retro-gaming-bundle

DARK-KNIGHT

xabi wrote: »

Bought this, haven't had time to setup yet but the controllers are very good quality https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-retro-gaming-bundle

pi hut are 68pound including delivery jesus thats expensive for delivery

xabi

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

pi hut are 68pound including delivery jesus thats expensive for delivery

Thought so too, I used PM for handiness which probably cost the same. I had a similar question to yours answered with links in this thread, have a look back a few days.

Edit, here they are:

Steve X2 wrote: »

I get most of my Pi stuff from Pimoroni. You might find it a Euro cheaper elsewhere, but they have always been good for me.

https://shop.pimoroni.com

https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-starter-kit

me_irl wrote: »

Got mine off Amazon & The Pi Hut.

I've a pi2 running MotionEyesOS.

And a pi3 running retropie/kodi. Very handy that the 360/ps3 controllers are plug-and-play (well, I had to enable the ps3 driver in the retropie setup... but got the bluetooth working on it!)

Ursus Horribilis

Has anyone here tried to run Amibian on the Raspberry Pi 3? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHFcM8Ka3Sg I'm having trouble getting anything to work on mine even though I followed the instructions. I've had Amiga Forever on the computer for a couple of years and have never had any particular trouble with that. The same games just won't run on the Raspberry Pi.

eddhorse

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Has anyone here tried to run Amibian on the Raspberry Pi 3? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHFcM8Ka3Sg I'm having trouble getting anything to work on mine even though I followed the instructions. I've had Amiga Forever on the computer for a couple of years and have never had any particular trouble with that. The same games just won't run on the Raspberry Pi.

So the game rom or adf file wont load when the insert disk screen is on?

Ursus Horribilis

eddhorse wrote: »

So the game rom or adf file wont load when the insert disk screen is on?

They just freeze or don't load. I've used both the official Amiga Forever Roms (including the. key file) and other ones I've had for years.

eddhorse

Is the .key file the kickstart rom?

XsApollo

xabi wrote: »

Bought this, haven't had time to setup yet but the controllers are very good quality https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-retro-gaming-bundle

What's involved in getting this running?
Just get roms and stick it on it?

Need to put retropie on it too but after that's done is it pretty easy?


EDIT: Well i have just bought the above, guess ill find out the hard way

jimmy180sx

Just brought a pi3 on amazon. Going to run retropie on it for a while until I get the time to do a bartop build